HRIS Senior Advisor

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Job Description | HRIS Senior Advisor

Department: Human Resources

Location: London or Manchester (hybrid role - minimum two days a week in the office)

This role could be a fixed term contract or permanent.

The Role

You will be joining the team at an exciting stage of our HR journey with significant investment in our HR technology and process design, with the implementation of Workday and other technologies to support the HR team in their effort to become a more strategic partner to the business.

You will provide functional knowledge and expertise on local HR process/policy requirements coupled with demonstrating in-depth technical configuration expertise of Workday.

You will work closely with the team to support key responsibilities throughout the project implementation and beyond.

Key Responsibilities

• Acts as an expert functional specialist for Workday technology including HR transactions, business process configuration and design, reporting and dashboards, including advising the HR team, managers, and employees in the proper use of the system.
• Collaborating with subject matter experts (SMEs) to gather requirements and translate those business requirements into well-architected solutions that best leverage the Workday platform.
• Identify opportunities to make people processes simpler and more efficient.
• Key contributor for the HRIS team across all phases and workstreams for the Workday implementation where required.
• Leads and maintains SKU components in Workday. Recommend modifications and implement configuration changes within Workday.
• Acts as an escalation point for issues related to configuration, business processes, notifications, and reports/dashboards. Analyse and resolve complex technical production issues.
• Providing technical support, troubleshooting and guidance to HRIS users. Gives direction and guidance to more junior team members.
• Leads and guides the team on configuration and management of cyclical technology enabled business processes.
• Delivers training and engagement activities to ensure key stakeholders are fully utilising Workday. Seek opportunities to upskill users to be self-sufficient.
• Build, test, and deploy Workday configuration as part of agreed projects and changes.
• Engage with Workday community to understand system capabilities and recommend solutions to address business needs.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong technical understanding of HR systems and their integrations with other system applications.
• Experience of Workday within a medium/large complex organisation, ideally in a law firm.
• In-depth knowledge of Workday functional components with configuration and business process experience in Recruitment, Onboarding, HCM, Time and Absence, Compensation, Talent, Security, Prism and Custom Report Design and Development (desirable).
• Workday certification and/or training essential.
• Advanced IT skills including MS Excel, VLOOKUP's, Pivot Tables, Slicers.
• Highly numerate with strong data accuracy and data analytics. Excellent attention to detail.
• In-depth functional knowledge of end-to-end HR processes.
• Ability to translate business requirements into systems solutions.
• Good organisational, planning and project management skills.
• Highly effective communication skills and ability to influence across a global team.
• The ability to clearly present appropriate information to a range of audiences including translating data/technical system components into clear and meaningful information.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to look at the wider picture.
• An inquisitive and challenging mind, with an interest in questioning and improving the "as is".
• Ability to manage a busy workload in a fast-paced environment with strong ability to multitask.
• Flexibility on working hours required to support globally with key stakeholders in varying time zones. Early starts and/or late finishes will be required.
• Able to flex with ambiguity with the Workday product being fully defined through implementation.

Please note that due to this role being onboarded during a period of change and transformation, the key responsibilities are subject to change as the project progresses and at Workday go-live when the project transitions into business-as-usual support for the technology.

The Firm

Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, helping organisations successfully navigate risk and maximise opportunity in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity and enable global prosperity, namely: insurance, aviation, marine, construction, energy, trade and natural resources. Globally integrated, we offer a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves and provides an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment including through a commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets. The firm has 490 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5500 people overall in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide.

Our Values

Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:

• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth

Business Services Competencies

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:

• Technical Excellence
• People and Team
• Client/Stakeholder Relationships
• Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
• Personal Effectiveness

This is the job description as constituted at present; however the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.

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